Animoto - http://animoto.com/education - Create digital story videos with music and images. Free for educators. Bubbl.us - http://www.bubbl.us - Online mind-mapping tool. Collaborate with others and/or embed online. Build Your Wild Self -http://buildyourwildself.com - Avatar creator. Allows you to create an avatar and save it as an image for download. Great for students - no need to upload an actual picture of themselves as an online presence. Flash Vortex - http://www.flashvortex.com - Create free banners, menus, and buttons for your website, blog or wiki quickly and easily. Glogster EDU - http://edu.glogster.com - Online poster creator - add text, images, SchoolTube videos, links, and graphics. Great to replace those tri-fold or poster presentations! Here are some great tutorial videos for Glogster! http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/glogster/index.html Make Beliefs Comix - http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix - Comic strip creator. Here's 21 ways to use Make Beliefs Comix in the classroom. Prezi - http://prezi.com - Non-linear presentation tool. Safe Share - http://www.safeshare.tv - Generates a link to a Youtube video without all the adds and possibly inappropriate materials. ShareTabs - http://sharetabs.com - Creates a single URL of your browser tabs to share with others. ShowMeWhatsWrong - http://showmewhatswrong.com - Records your screen and generates a URL that you can send to others when you're needing trouble shooting help. Slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net - Upload slide shows to share online either by URL or embedding. Create a class account so students can upload their slide show presentations/projects. Wallwisher - http://www.wallwisher.com - Online post its. Great for student share-out or parking lot questions. Tom Barrett has a collection of ways to use Wallwisher in the classroom HERE.
Bubbl.us - http://www.bubbl.us - Online mind-mapping tool. Collaborate with others and/or embed online.
Build Your Wild Self - http://buildyourwildself.com - Avatar creator. Allows you to create an avatar and save it as an image for download. Great for students - no need to upload an actual picture of themselves as an online presence.
Flash Vortex - http://www.flashvortex.com - Create free banners, menus, and buttons for your website, blog or wiki quickly and easily.
Glogster EDU - http://edu.glogster.com - Online poster creator - add text, images, SchoolTube videos, links, and graphics. Great to replace those tri-fold or poster presentations! Here are some great tutorial videos for Glogster! http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/glogster/index.html
Make Beliefs Comix - http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix - Comic strip creator. Here's 21 ways to use Make Beliefs Comix in the classroom.
Prezi - http://prezi.com - Non-linear presentation tool.
Safe Share - http://www.safeshare.tv - Generates a link to a Youtube video without all the adds and possibly inappropriate materials.
ShareTabs - http://sharetabs.com - Creates a single URL of your browser tabs to share with others.
ShowMeWhatsWrong - http://showmewhatswrong.com - Records your screen and generates a URL that you can send to others when you're needing trouble shooting help.
Slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net - Upload slide shows to share online either by URL or embedding. Create a class account so students can upload their slide show presentations/projects.
Wallwisher - http://www.wallwisher.com - Online post its. Great for student share-out or parking lot questions. Tom Barrett has a collection of ways to use Wallwisher in the classroom HERE.
Blogging Tools
Blogger - http://www.blogger.comEdublogs - http://edublogs.org
Wordpress - http://wordpress.org
Wiki Tools
PB Works - http://pbworks.comWetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com
Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com
Tools for your Web Presence
AudioPal - http://www.audiopal.com/index.html - Add voice to your blog, wiki or class website. Here's a sample - http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/kansas/2009/10/14/audiopal
Box.net Widget - http://www.box.net/widget - Drop box widget to add to your class blog, wiki or website
ClusterMaps - http://clustrmaps.com/index.htm - Maps your visitors. Great for visualization for students.
FeedJit - http://feedjit.com - Live traffic feed for you web presence. Great way to show start talking to your students about geography!